Abraham Castillo Mora

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castillo and the second or maternal family name is Mora.

Abraham Castillo Mora (died 1910)^[1] was a Salvadoran politician and military officer from Sonsonate who served as governor of the Ahuachapán and Sonsonate departments, as well as being a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador for Sonsonate. He was involved in several land disputes during the late-1890s.

General Abraham Castillo Mora
Governor of Sonsonate
In office ?–?
Governor Ahuachapán
In office 1882–1882
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from Ahuachapán
In office 1900 – 1901, 1908
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from Sonsonate
In office 1879–1880
Personal details
Born	Sonsonate, El Salvador
Died	1910 El Salvador
Spouse	Josefa Rodríguez
Occupation	Politician, military officer
Military service
Allegiance	El Salvador
Branch/service	Salvadoran Army
Years of service	c. 1870s–1890s
Rank	Commander of Arms

Military and political career

He served as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador for the department of Sonsonate from 1879 to 1880, where he was born.^[1] He served as military judge of Ahuachapán in April 1881,^[1] and later as its governor in 1882.^[2] He held the military position of Commander of Arms and served as the governor of Sonsonate under Presidents Rafael Zaldívar (1876–1885) and Carlos Ezeta (1890–1894).^[1] He returned to Legislative Assembly in 1900 and served as a deputy from the department of Ahuachapán until 1901.^[3]

Land disputes

In 1896, Castillo Mora bought 4 caballerías (180 hectares) land in Dolores, Cabañas, for 4,200 pesos from partidor Luciano Argueta which caused a controversy with another partidor, Simeón Morán, which ended with the intervention of President Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez.^[4][5][6] Due to peasants from the Santa Ana Volcano occupying the land he purchased, he attempted to sell the land to the government, however, a government legal advisor rejected the offer believing that the purchase would be unconstitutional, advising him to take the issue to court instead.^[6] He also attempted to buy land in Ataco, Ahuachapán, but the department's governor prevented him from doing so.^[2]

References

Citations

• El Salvador portal

1. Zepeda Peña 2006a, p. 118.
2. Lauria-Santiago & Binford 2004, p. 272.
3. Zepeda Peña 2006b, pp. 2 & 5.
4. Lauria-Santiago 1999, pp. 511–514.
5. Lauria-Santiago & Binford 2004, p. 26.
6. Lauria-Santiago & Binford 2004, p. 30.

Bibliography

• Lauria-Santiago, Aldo A. (August 1999). "Land, Community, and Revolt in Late-Nineteenth-Century Indian Izalco, El Salvador". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 79 (3). Duke University Press: 495–534. doi:10.1215/00182168-79.3.495. JSTOR 2518288.
• Lauria-Santiago, Aldo A.; Binford, Leigh (9 May 2004). Landscapes of Struggle: Politics, Society, and Community in El Salvador. University of Pittsburgh Pre. ISBN 0822972549. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
• Zepeda Peña, Ciro Cruz (2006a). "Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador" [History of the Legislative Organ of the Republic of El Salvador] (PDF) (in Spanish). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
• Zepeda Peña, Ciro Cruz (2006b). "Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador" [History of the Legislative Organ of the Republic of El Salvador] (PDF) (in Spanish). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2024.